Growth Metrics

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG) has disclosed Return on Capital Employed for 16 consecutive years, with 0.2% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Capital Employed rose 11.0% to 0.2% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.2% through Dec 2025, up 11.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.17% for FY2025, 9.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed hit 0.2% in Q4 2025 for Scotts Miracle-Gro, up from 0.17% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.26% in Q1 2021 to a low of 0.18% in Q2 2023.
  • Historically, Return on Capital Employed has averaged 0.06% across 5 years, with a median of 0.09% in 2024.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Capital Employed: tumbled -33bps in 2023 and later rose 16bps in 2025.
  • Year by year, Return on Capital Employed stood at 0.2% in 2021, then plummeted by -162bps to 0.13% in 2022, then soared by 49bps to 0.06% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 240bps to 0.09% in 2024, then soared by 120bps to 0.2% in 2025.
  • Business Quant data shows Return on Capital Employed for SMG at 0.2% in Q4 2025, 0.17% in Q3 2025, and 0.12% in Q2 2025.